A simple blood test and other measures could help halt the rise of sickle cell anemia in Africa and prevent fatal complications, especially among children, a World Heath Organization (WHO) official said this month. People living in Africa make up some 66 percent of the approximately 120 million people…
The Children’s National Health System hospital in Washington has recruited two of the country’s leading hematology and sickle cell disease experts to lead its cutting-edge blood disorders program. Dr Suvankar Majumdar will head the hospital’s Division of Hematology, one of the country’s largest and most comprehensive blood disorders programs. It is…
Researchers at New York’s Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered an innovative method of producing healthy stem cells that could significantly improve treatment of sickle cell anemia and other blood disorders. A study describing the method, “Conversion of adult endothelium to immunocompetent haematopoietic stem cells,” appeared in the journal Nature. Hematopoietic…
Researchers at various institutions from the African country of Cameroon recently found a link between oxidative stress and sickle cell disease (SCD). The study, “Oxidative profile of sickle cell patients in a Cameroonian urban hospital,” was published in…
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